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CBS News has tapped Joelle Martinez, most recently at Vice News, as its new West Coast bureau chief.

Kathy Griffin is sharing her thoughts on the controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe NAACP called on Hollywood to increase Black representation in its high-level executive ranks, issuing a report Wednesday arguing that Black executives need to have more influence in development and greenlighting of film and TV projects.The report, prepared by UCLA sociologist Darnell Hunt, comes nearly two years after corporate America — including the major Hollywood studios — made commitments to act on diversity and inclusion following the murder of George Floyd. The report includes survey responses and anonymous interviews with Black Hollywood executives, capturing a mix of both optimism and skepticism about the progress of those initiatives.“The intent is always good — the recognition that there is this big representation issue raised,” said one executive.

Another Black exec told Hunt, “There are about 12 people that get into a room, 12 to 15 people that discuss [a project]. But a greenlight decision is not arrived at yet in that room.

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies), Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren (Becoming), and Ben Crump are developing the legal series Stokes, based on Crump’s life and work as a civil rights attorney. The series will also follow Crump and his team as they travel the country fighting to change the problems within the justice system.

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Taylor Fagins delivered a powerful performance on Sunday’s season 20 premiere episode of “American Idol”.

Special recognition. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were honored with the President’s Award at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, February 26.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the recipients of a very prestigious honor.

This year’s NAACP Image Awards are officially a royal affair! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were honored at the event with the Presidential Award, bestowed in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. The duo, who called the award a “true honor” and said they were “proud” to support the NAACP in a statement, looked united and happy arriving on the red carpet.

UPDATE 2/24/22 9:09 pm EST: J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights when he failed to secure medical attention for Floyd when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck, resulting in his death. Kueng and Thao were also charged with failing to intervene as Chauvin harmed Floyd. His trial for second-degree murder commences in June.

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Trayvon Martin in Florida also get attention.The post-George Floyd onset of racial reckoning and the subsequent backlash have coincided with the growth of streaming and its voracious need for content, a two-fold incentive for TV to pay heed to the sweep and nuance of Black experience.With broadcast networks and cable channels trying to keep pace with flush streaming services, there’s an impressive field of documentaries, profiles and more ahead. Among the highlights (all times are Eastern):—“One Thousand Years of Slavery,” Smithsonian Channel, Feb. 7-28.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) turns back the clock to 1969 when a series of concerts by Black artists transfixed Harlem. Under different circumstances, the director thinks the film would have turned out very differently.

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Jennie Nguyen’s Housewives career may be over, but she’s not done defending herself.

It’s over for Jennie Nguyen!

, Bravo announced on Tuesday. The decision comes after Nguyen apologized for offensive comments she made on her since-deactivated Facebook account.A source told ET on Friday that 44-year-old Ngyuen had not yet been fired from the show despite fan outcry.

Kate Aurthur editorAfter the firestorm earlier this month caused by caused by racist (and deleted) Facebook posts by “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member Jennie Nguyen, Bravo announced Tuesday that Nguyen has been fired from the show. It had recently begun filming its third season in Utah with Nguyen, Heather Gay, Whitney Rose, Jen Shah, Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow returning.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorFashion designer, creative director and activist Aurora James has signed with UTA.The CFDA award-winning James is the founder and creative director of the luxury accessory brand Brother Vellies, which has been worn by Pres. Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Meghan Markle, Rihanna, Zendaya, Serena Williams, Lady Gaga and Rep.

A post shared by Jennie Nguyen (@jennienguyenluv) According to, the posts were created at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, after the death of George Floyd. In the posts, Nguyen, who is Vietnamese-American, shared racially insensitive memes and mocked protestors and compared them to “thugs.” After the posts resurfaced on Wednesday, fans of the show called for Andy Cohen and other  producers to remove her from the franchise.

Jennie Nguyen has issued an apology after several Facebook posts of hers resurfaced.

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With the murders of George Floyd and various other people of color by police over the past several years, there’s an added layer of discussion that comes with any film or TV show that attempts to cover law enforcement. Many believe it’s not a true representation of the police if the content doesn’t address the fact that officers aren’t always the delightful, well-intentioned peacekeepers they want you to believe they are.

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white police officer Derek Chauvin in Minnesota in May 2020, an incident that prompted protests around the world. It was developed over the past year by Iran’s Basij paramilitary force — a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — at the behest of IRGC General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the Sun reported.

by the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer the following month.The criminals in the Arbery case had claimed without evidence that the 25-year-old was involved in a spate of neighbourhood burglaries and said they were acting in self-defence.All three men were convicted today (November 24) after the jury returned unanimous decisions in court in south Georgia [via The Guardian].Travis, who shot Arbery three times with a pump action shotgun, was convicted on all nine counts, including

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Florence Pugh and other top talent.It was, as Mbatha-Raw puts it, “so un-British.” In a good way.The U.K. had its own reckoning with race following the murder of George Floyd on May 25 in America, and the local film and TV industry was quick to make declarations of allyship and engage in untold commitments.

a demonstration outside the company’s office. The comedian is nominated for the 2022 Grammys for “8:46” alongside Amir Sulaiman.

NEW YORK -- Two Washington Post reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd, from his family history in the tobacco fields of North Carolina to his murder last year in Minneapolis by a white police officer.Viking announced Wednesday that “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice,” by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, will come out next May, nearly two years to the day of Floyd's death.The book expands upon the Post's six-part series “George

“The Sentence,” by Louise Erdrich (HarperCollins)When she isn’t writing bestselling novels that explore Native American life, Louise Erdrich runs a bookstore in Minneapolis that sells Native literature and art.

Ashley Banjo has been praised for confronting comedian Jim Davidson over the comments he made about Diversity's Black Lives Matter performance.The group performed a powerful dance in September last year on Britain's Got Talent, with choreography that included a reference to the tragic death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests.The routine left many divided and Jim, 68, made some negative remarks in a video titled 'Who Needs Diversity?' as he called it “the most indulgent piece of stuff

An online troll who mocked the murder of George Floyd has been ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work in the community.

Erykah Badu has paid tribute to George Floyd to mark what would have been his 48th birthday.Badu brought Floyd’s family backstage with her on Wednesday (12 October) where she was playing The Minneapolis Armoury.In a clip shared to social media, Badu says: “People of planet Earth, we’re about four minutes away from George Floyd’s birthday,” she said in the clip.“He would’ve been 48 years old and I’m here with his family now.